#56ACBC#56ACBC

#56ACBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.086 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ACBC
RGB	rgb(86, 172, 188)
HSL	hsl(189, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 8.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, -21.38, -16.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 26.78, 217.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% -0.0734 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.086 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6638, 35.1118, 52.8866)
Luminance	0.3511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ACBC #BC6656

analogous

#56BC99 #56ACBC #5679BC

triadic

#56ACBC #BC56AC #ACBC56

tetradic

#56ACBC #9956BC #BC6656 #79BC56

square

#56ACBC #9956BC #BC6656 #79BC56

split-complementary

#56ACBC #BC5679 #BC9956

monochromatic

#2B626D #3C8A98 #56ACBC #82C2CD #AED7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#56ACBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#56ACBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ACBC

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ACBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ACBC	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56acbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 172, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.086 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec5d0',
    500: '#56acbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56acbc;
$custom-light: #8ec5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56acbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.412,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69717,
    "c": 0.08587,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ACBC

secondary

#CDA8A1

accent

#6955D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ACBC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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